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Amrein-Beardsley, Audrey; Pivovarova, Margarita; Geiger, Tray J. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2016
Being an expert involves explaining how things are supposed to work, and, perhaps more important, why things might not work as supposed. In this study, researchers surveyed scholars with expertise in value-added models (VAMs) to solicit their opinions about the uses and potential of VAMs for teacher-level accountability purposes (for example, in…
Descriptors: Value Added Models, Scholarship, Expertise, Surveys
Kane, Thomas J., Ed.; Kerr, Kerri A., Ed.; Pianta, Robert C., Ed. – Jossey-Bass, An Imprint of Wiley, 2014
What is effective teaching? It is not enough to say "I know it when I see it"--not when we are expecting so much more from students and teachers than in the past. To help teachers achieve greater success with their students we need new and better ways to identify and develop effective teaching. The Measures of Effective Teaching (MET)…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, Teacher Effectiveness, Definitions, Best Practices